Corporate Safety Director

BRPH is a technically focused, creative architecture, engineering, and construction company with over six decades of expertise in helping mission-driven clients in the aerospace, defense, manufacturing, commercial, education, entertainment, hospitality, and federal markets identify gaps in their program delivery and develop innovative solutions to their most challenging problems across the U.S. and around the world. Consistently ranked among the nation’s top firms, we take pride in solving complex challenges with forward-thinking solutions.

About Melbourne:

Our headquarters is located in Melbourne, Florida, a vibrant city on the Space Coast where high-tech innovation meets coastal living. Here, you’ll work on dynamic, impactful projects while enjoying front-row views of rocket launches from our rooftop and quick access to some of Florida’s most beautiful beaches. Just an hour from world-class attractions like Disney World and Universal Studios, Melbourne offers the perfect balance of career growth, family life, and fun, all in a warm subtropical climate with a relaxed, suburban feel.

Overview

The Corporate Safety Director is the senior enterprise leader responsible for establishing, implementing, and continuously improving BRPH’s company-wide safety strategy, programs, standards, and culture. The Corporate Safety Director will develop a comprehensive safety management framework that applies across BRPH Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Architecture & Engineering (AE) and Construction Services (CS), while recognizing the different risk profiles and operating environments of each business.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Corporate Safety Director provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight of safety throughout the organization. This position establishes corporate expectations, policies, accountability structures, performance measures, training requirements, and reporting processes and works through executive leadership, operational leaders, project leadership, and designated safety personnel to ensure consistent implementation. The role leads and governs the safety function at the enterprise level rather than serving as the day-to-day safety manager for individual projects or business units.

The Corporate Safety Director serves as the company’s principal advisor regarding occupational health and safety, regulatory compliance, risk reduction, and safety culture. The position has authority to elevate significant safety concerns to executive leadership and recommend corrective actions when conditions, behaviors, or practices create unacceptable risk.

Job Responsibilities 

Corporate Safety Strategy and Governance
• Develop and lead a comprehensive enterprise safety strategy for BRPH Companies, Inc., AE, and CS that supports the company’s business objectives and operating environments.
• Establish the corporate safety vision, philosophy, expectations, policies, standards, and governance structure.
• Develop a multi-year roadmap for building and sustaining a strong, proactive safety culture across the organization.
• Establish clear safety roles, responsibilities, accountability, and decision-making authority throughout corporate operations, business units, and project teams.
• Advise the CEO and executive leadership regarding significant safety risks, trends, regulatory developments, incidents, and organizational performance.
• Establish minimum corporate safety requirements while allowing business-unit-specific procedures when appropriate for differing operational risks.
• Ensure safety considerations are incorporated into strategic planning, operational decisions, project planning, and organizational risk management.
• Maintain independence and authority to escalate significant safety matters to the CEO and executive leadership.

Safety Management System and Programs
• Develop, implement, and maintain an enterprise-wide Safety Management System and supporting policies, procedures, standards, and programs.
• Establish corporate safety requirements applicable to office operations, architecture and engineering activities, field observations, construction operations, and other company activities.
• Direct the development of business-unit and project-level safety programs consistent with corporate standards.
• Establish processes for hazard identification, risk assessment, prevention, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
• Develop standards for contractor and subcontractor safety expectations and oversight, particularly within Construction Services.
• Establish appropriate programs for emergency preparedness, occupational health, ergonomics, environmental health and safety considerations, and other workplace risks.
• Periodically evaluate company safety policies and programs to ensure they remain effective and appropriate for changing operations and regulatory requirements.

Safety Culture and Leadership
• Serve as the executive champion for building a culture in which safety is a core organizational value and an integral part of business and project decision-making.
• Partner with executive and business-unit leadership to establish visible leadership expectations and accountability for safety performance.
• Develop initiatives that encourage employee participation, hazard reporting, stop-work responsibility, proactive intervention, and continuous improvement.
• Establish expectations for leadership safety engagement, including executive and management participation in safety discussions, observations, and reviews.
• Promote consistent communication regarding safety expectations, lessons learned, emerging risks, and successful practices.
• Develop methods to evaluate employee perceptions of safety culture and identify opportunities for organizational improvement.

Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management
• Establish systems designed to maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local occupational health and safety requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of OSHA requirements and other safety regulations and standards applicable to company operations.
• Evaluate emerging regulatory requirements and recommend appropriate changes to company policies and practices.
• Coordinate with Legal, Human Resources, Risk Management, Operations, and executive leadership regarding significant safety and occupational risk matters.
• Establish processes for identifying and addressing systemic safety risks across the enterprise.
• Provide executive-level guidance related to safety considerations associated with new operations, markets, projects, acquisitions, or other business initiatives.

Construction and Field Safety Oversight
• Establish corporate minimum safety standards for construction operations and active project sites.
• Provide governance and oversight of Construction Services safety programs without assuming the routine responsibilities of project-level safety personnel.
• Establish requirements for project-specific safety planning, subcontractor safety performance, inspections, audits, corrective actions, and documentation.
• Work with Construction Services leadership to establish consistent expectations for project executives, project managers, superintendents, project engineers, safety professionals, and subcontractors.
• Review significant or recurring construction safety concerns and direct development of systemic corrective actions when appropriate.
• Establish processes for evaluating construction safety performance during preconstruction, project execution, and project closeout.

Architecture & Engineering Safety
• Develop safety standards appropriate to AE employees performing site visits, field investigations, assessments, inspections, commissioning activities, and other work outside traditional office environments.
• Establish protocols addressing employee interaction with active construction sites, industrial facilities, equipment, environmental hazards, and client-controlled workplaces.
• Coordinate with AE leadership to integrate safety considerations into project planning and field activities.
• Establish appropriate training and PPE requirements for employees entering construction, industrial, or other potentially hazardous environments.

Incident Management and Corrective Action
• Establish enterprise requirements for reporting, investigating, documenting, and communicating workplace incidents, injuries, near misses, and significant safety observations.
• Provide executive oversight for investigations involving serious incidents or significant organizational risk.
• Establish root-cause analysis and corrective-action methodologies to identify both immediate and systemic causes.
• Ensure significant findings and lessons learned are communicated appropriately throughout the organization.
• Monitor completion and effectiveness of corrective actions resulting from incidents, audits, inspections, and risk assessments.
• Identify recurring trends and recommend organizational or operational changes necessary to reduce future risk.

Auditing, Metrics, and Performance Management
• Establish a corporate safety audit and assessment program covering offices, project sites, business units, and applicable company activities.
• Develop leading and lagging safety performance indicators that provide meaningful information regarding organizational risk and program effectiveness.
• Establish dashboards and reporting systems that provide executive leadership with clear visibility into company-wide safety performance.
• Analyze incident trends, observations, audit findings, training completion, corrective actions, and other safety data to identify systemic risks.
• Establish annual safety objectives and performance measures and monitor organizational progress.
• Present periodic safety performance reports, significant findings, and recommendations to the CEO and executive leadership.
• Benchmark company performance and practices against appropriate industry standards and leading practices.

Training and Employee Development
• Establish a corporate safety training framework based on employee roles, responsibilities, and exposure to workplace hazards.
• Define mandatory safety training requirements for executives, managers, supervisors, field personnel, and other employees.
• Develop leadership training that reinforces management responsibility and accountability for safety.
• Ensure processes are established to document and monitor required training.
• Develop and mentor safety professionals and other employees assigned responsibility for implementing safety programs throughout the organization.

Organizational Leadership
• Establish the appropriate organizational structure, resources, and capabilities necessary to support the company’s enterprise safety program.
• Provide functional leadership and direction to safety professionals and employees with assigned safety responsibilities throughout BRPH and its subsidiaries.
• Define expectations and competency requirements for safety-related positions.
• Participate in the selection, development, and evaluation of safety professionals as appropriate.
• Build effective working relationships with executive leadership, business-unit leaders, Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, Quality, project leadership, employees, clients, subcontractors, and other stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned based on business needs.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Corporate Safety Director provides enterprise functional leadership for the safety function and may directly supervise corporate or business-unit safety professionals as the organization develops. The position establishes standards, expectations, and accountability for safety personnel and operational leaders throughout BRPH, AE, and CS while maintaining appropriate separation between corporate safety governance and the day-to-day management of individual projects and operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, safety management, engineering, construction management, industrial hygiene, environmental health and safety, or a related discipline preferred. An equivalent combination of education and significant relevant professional experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 20 years of progressively responsible safety, occupational health, construction, engineering, industrial, or related risk-management experience.
• Extensive experience developing, implementing, and leading organizational safety programs across multiple locations, operating groups, or business units.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or significantly transforming an enterprise safety program and organizational safety culture.
• Significant leadership experience in environments involving construction, engineering, architecture, industrial operations, or related professional services.
• Demonstrated experience advising executive leadership regarding significant safety risks, regulatory matters, incidents, and organizational performance.
• Experience leading organizational change and influencing leaders and employees who do not report directly to the safety function.
• Experience developing policies, management systems, audit programs, performance metrics, training programs, and corrective-action processes.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA requirements and recognized occupational safety and health practices.
• Experience with construction safety programs and subcontractor safety management strongly preferred.

LICENSES and CERTIFICATIONS:
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), or comparable professional safety credential preferred.
• Relevant OSHA training and professional safety education preferred.
• Additional industry-specific safety certifications are desirable where applicable to company operations.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:
• Executive-level leadership, judgment, and communication skills.
• Ability to establish a new corporate function, create organizational structure, and translate safety strategy into sustainable business practices.
• Ability to influence executives, managers, project leaders, technical professionals, field personnel, and subcontractors across organizational boundaries.
• Strong knowledge of safety management systems, regulatory compliance, incident investigation, risk assessment, auditing, and corrective-action methodologies.
• Ability to distinguish between enterprise governance responsibilities and operational safety responsibilities and establish appropriate accountability at each level.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret safety performance data, identify trends, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational and cultural change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex safety and risk matters effectively to executive leadership.
• Strong facilitation, training, coaching, and presentation skills.
• Sound judgment and the ability to make or recommend difficult decisions when significant employee or organizational risk exists.
• Ability to develop productive relationships across AE professional services and construction operations while maintaining consistent corporate expectations.

Physical Requirements

The work is generally semi-sedentary but requires periodic travel to offices and active project sites.
• Ability to navigate and move around construction sites, which may involve walking, climbing stairs or ladders, and standing for periods on uneven surfaces.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Manual dexterity, hearing, mental acuity, typing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, talking, and visual acuity.
• Ability to stand and sit for periods longer than 30 minutes but not to exceed two hours consecutively.
• Ability to maintain concentration and exercise sound judgment when encountering stressful situations or short deadlines.
• Ability to comply with applicable personal protective equipment requirements when visiting active construction or industrial sites.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
Periodic travel to BRPH offices, subsidiary operations, client locations, and active project sites is required to provide leadership oversight, conduct assessments, engage with employees and management, and evaluate implementation of corporate safety expectations. Travel frequency will vary based on business and operational needs.

This job description may be changed to include new responsibilities and tasks or change existing ones as management deems necessary.

EOE, including Disability/Vets